The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-06-16
Random Thoughts.


An old Republican. more than sew
enty years of age, called at this Office
one day last week and in the course
of a friendly talk remarked: 81 an
proud of the record of the Republican
party, but, sir, I'm afraid it has come
to point where it has got to do some.
thing practical and sensible on the
Temperance question, or die"
seriously object to the consideration
of the dying proposition, but l recog-
nize the wisdom of the remark about
the necessity of doing something.
The Republican party must come
square Ap to the mark and meet the
monster Of Intemperance in final con-
flict, or it must dodge the question al
together. The former would be man
ly. and bring ultimate success, the
latter would be considered by many
good people as unmanly in the ex-
treme. There has been studied at
tempt, by the friends and agents of
the doggery interest to force that in
terest into public notice as political
issue; no amount of reasoning has
been sufficient to induce these enthu-
siastic bummers to go slow, and allow
the troublesome question to fall from
public notice as a political factor.
They were determined to force Tenn
perance Republicans to get down and
worship beer-keg, and to this end all
such Republicans were notified, bold
ly, that they must come over to the
liquor side or be put out Of the Re-
publican party. A few miserable
dudes made themselves so ridiculous
in this matter as TO become a laugh
ing stock with the sensible men and
the party. Mistaking ridicule for pop
ularity, they pushed the battle until
they found that they had nothing left
but whisky and wind, when they turn
ed, suddenly, and began trying to hus-
tie back into the Republican camp.
And they come back with great hui
mility, confessing that they ''are glad
the Republicans are coming to their
senses, and are getting ready to act
harmoniously." ] am truly glad that
a streak Of good hard common sense
has forced its way into the empty
heads Of my young friends. Having
come to their senses, the young men
will cease to hold up the stencil of the
doggery as the grandest thing to be
achieved in the name Of Republican
ism.
The people of Jackson County have
invested a good deal Of money in the
liquor business, in the way Of taxes,
not to say anything Of the cost in sor-
row. They have seen the monster Of
growing year by year,
until there became such apparent nee
essity for some definite action, that
many people have turned their atten-
tion to teaching publicly and private
ly, everywhere, the horrible results of
this traffic. The Ministers have TAX
en- up the work, and the pulpit is be-
coming powerful Temperance advo-
cate. Those few newspapers that
were moved by conscientious motives,
have waged unrelenting warfare
against the Devils business, others,
afraid of public opinion, have given a
support to the Temper
ance cause, while few, owned body
and soul by the doggeries, have come
square out and advocated the breaking
down Of the Temperance cause. This
is the situation now, and there can be
no question but that the Internal traf-
fic will have to so to the wall. 1t is
not worth while to attempt to argue
an intelligent people into the belief
that the liquor business is right. That
is out of the question. There is not
a man living who believes it is right,
and not one who does not lie when he
pretends to think So This is the
plain fact Of the matter. The battle
has gone too far to make any new
of forces. The contest
must be square and honest one, and
all political parties will have to meet
That party which does the most to
kill the traffic will gain rapidly in
popularity. The idea advanced by
few tricksters that man must be a
drunken brute to be Republican, or
that he must advocate the destruction
Of the entire race in order to be
good citizen is wasted effort.
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